I participated in the development of EVA

"She just hibernated in the medical bay yesterday."

If a solution to the drawbacks of LCL had been found, he would definitely agree to Ibuki Huimi's request, however... now Dr. Ito still has not found a solution to the drawbacks of LCL.

Ibuki Huimi snorted in dissatisfaction, but did not argue with Ikari Fumihiko about this matter.

Again……

She didn't dare to bet on who was more important to Ikari Fumihiko, herself or Ayanami Rei.

"Well, we'll have plenty of time together in the future—"

Faced with this situation, Ibuki Emi was helpless and could only snort again to express her dissatisfaction.

But soon a new idea came to mind.

"Put up a curtain to block it a little."

Faced with this request, Fumihiko Ikari was a little resistant at first, but after thinking it over carefully, he agreed. Although the curtains were installed for isolation, he could not see Rei Ayanami's peaceful sleeping face when he got up at night, which was a bit regrettable, but compared to being able to sleep naked again after installing the curtains, this peaceful sleeping face was better off not having it.

"Ah."

After finally getting a break, the two were too lazy to bother with this matter now.

Time passed quickly as the two of them were getting bored, and before they knew it, the next day's sunrise had arrived.

After waking up, the three of them took turns to use the small bathroom to wash up. They wanted to go to the cafeteria to have breakfast, but Ikari Yui brought the breakfast for the three of them to the Unit-01 project team.

"Hurry up and eat. Everyone from the project team is waiting for you outside."

Eating is supposed to be an enjoyable thing, but now under Ikari Yui's urging, it has become just eating.

Therefore, Ayanami Rei's dissatisfaction with Ikari Yui increased.

Ikari Yui didn't care about this. Anyway, her favorability had been a negative number from the beginning and could not be corrected. So it didn't matter whether it increased or decreased now.

When everyone arrived at the command room, all the preliminary preparations had been completed, even the shrine maiden blessing environment that Fumihiko Ikari had set up. However, the one who prayed for Unit-01 was not Yae Kiriko, but another female member who was nominated. Now all that was left was for Rei Ayanami to change into her combat uniform and enter Unit-01.

Rei Ayanami changed into her combat uniform and asked before entering the insertion plug.

"Wenyan, Li wants to know what it's called."

Fumihiko Ikari naturally knew that Rei Ayanami was asking about the code name of Unit-01.

I blurted it out without thinking.

"Prosperous wealth."

"what?"

The surprised voice did not come from Ayanami Rei, but from Ikari Yui and all the members in the command room.

Rei Ayanami's understanding of the outside world all comes from documentaries and Fumihiko Ikari's words, so she didn't realize there was anything wrong with the name Wangcai.

"Don't mess around, its code name is Unit-01, not Wangcai!"

Ikari Yui corrected her with a serious expression.

however……

Ikari Fumihiko didn't care, and Ayanami Rei automatically ignored Ikari Yui's words.

Rei Ayanami entered the insertion plug and was immediately sent into Unit-01's body.

Fumihiko Ikari came to the command room.

As soon as I stepped in, I heard Rei Ayanami take a big gulp of LCL liquid and then whisper something seriously.

"Wangcai, hello, my name is Ayanami Rei, please give me your guidance."

Ikari Yui and the people around her looked at Ikari Fumihiko with dark faces.

Even Ikari Fumihiko's mouth twitched a few times when he saw this scene.

It took a while for Ikari Yui to calm down and opened her mouth, but finally she gave up and didn't speak again to correct the mistake because she knew it was useless to say anything.

never mind--

Call it whatever you like!

Ibuki Huimi held her forehead with her hand, feeling tired, and was obviously also shocked by Ikari Fumihiko's bad taste.

"can we start?"

Ikari Yui didn't say anything. Here, Ikari Fumihiko had the highest command authority.

Fumihiko Ikari asked Rei Ayanami.

"Lee, are you ready?"

"Lei is ready."

With the success of Unit 00, the atmosphere in the command room is now quite relaxed, and it is obvious that everyone has relatively optimistic expectations for the launch of this experiment.

"let's start."

As Ikari Fumihiko's voice fell, Ibuki Megumi immediately issued relevant instructions in accordance with the rules and regulations.

"Attention all departments, the first power-up test of Unit-01 will begin in five minutes."

247. Classic Remake

It took only three minutes for all personnel on the site to be evacuated.

These are veteran employees transferred from Unit 00. They receive relevant training on weekdays when they have nothing to do, striving for perfection again and again, all for the purpose of launching EVA in the shortest possible time when the enemy attacks.

However, Ibuki Emi still waited for five minutes before speaking.

"The first startup test of Unit-01 has begun."

Speaking of the deliberately emphasized sound of Unit-01, it is obviously to emphasize that this EVA is called Unit-01, not some lucky charm.

Ikari Yui nodded in agreement.

Ikari Fumihiko just smiled and didn't say anything. The name 'Wangcai' was purely a momentary whim.

"The pulse circuit is being activated..."

The reporter paused in the middle of his speech, then reported nervously.

"Circuit 1 connection abnormality."

Ibuki Huimi is familiar with the entire startup test process. She is only good at directing the on-site operations, but she is not able to solve any problems that arise.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Ikari Fumihiko.

Fumihiko Ikari took a look at the fault code displayed on the panel.

0001.

In this case, it is not that Unit-01 refuses to link and rejects Rei Ayanami, but rather a failure at the physical level.

"what's the situation?"

Ikari Yui also didn't understand what was going on and asked about the situation.

"Didn't the self-test yesterday go through?"

Ikari Fumihiko hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"We still need to disassemble it and check the specific situation. Well, this is a physical failure."

The technology used in Unit-0 is a neural connection device that is directly connected to EVA, while a new technology was used when Unit-01 was built, adding a driver protection device to protect the driver's safety when pulse backflow occurs. Fumihiko Ikari is not quite sure about the principle of the distance. He only understood the function of the device when he approved it.

He now suspected that the reason circuit number one could not be activated was because something went wrong with the device.

"Li, come down first."

"Ah."

The plug popped out smoothly, and Rei Ayanami opened the gate and walked out.

Only then did Fumihiko Ikari issue the maintenance order.

"Check the backflow arrester."

The site staff immediately entered the training ground and sank the entire body of Unit-01 into the incubator, completely submerging it. Engineers wearing diving suits entered and skillfully disassembled the entire neural chain device. This kind of maintenance would take at least a day on Unit-00, but it only took half an hour.

This is because when Unit-01 was designed, the modular design of EVA was re-optimized to facilitate later maintenance and emergency repairs during wartime.

The design of the backflow prevention device is relatively complicated, and it took an hour just to test it.

"There is no abnormality in the backflow prevention device."

After receiving this report, everyone's eyes were focused on Ikari Fumihiko.

Ikari Fumihiko couldn't understand the reason either.

"Remove the backflow blocking device and connect the neural connection device directly to the EVA."

When designing the device, they considered that the new technology of backflow prevention device might have problems, and made corresponding preparations in advance. Therefore, the entire project of dismantling and reconnecting took only a dozen minutes. If it had not been for the underwater operation, the engineers could have acted even faster.

After removing the reflux blocking device, the neural connection device was reassembled.

During the entire inspection process, Ikari Yui did not speak a word, but just silently looked at the technical data of the "Backflow Prevention Device".

Although this is a new technology that has been developed recently, the technology itself has passed experimental tests.

She thought about it for a long time, but couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Unit-01 was once again pulled out of the incubator by a crane.

"The test is about to restart, drivers please take your seats."

Rei Ayanami, who was hiding in the locker room and secretly drinking Coke, was startled when she heard the notice on the radio. She looked towards the door worriedly, but Fumihiko Ikari was not there. She was relieved immediately. Just now, Fumihiko Ikari was busy directing the maintenance work, and she was bored so she started to study the vending machines in the project team.

She had previously seen how Fumihiko Ikari used a vending machine and knew how to operate it, but she had never used it herself.

After some research, she was ready to give it a try. The vending machine did not require payment, but one had to swipe an employee card to use it. She was short and had to tiptoe to swipe the card. However... swiping the card was only the first obstacle between her and Coke. The second obstacle was the Coke selection buttons on the top row.

Now she couldn't reach it even if she stood on tiptoe, and there was nothing nearby to stand on. She had no choice but to run and jump before she successfully pressed the Coke selection button.

"The experiment will be restarted soon..."

The radio sounded again.

She panicked for a moment and wanted to hide the remaining Coke in the closet, but after opening the closet, she stood there with a conflicted look on her face.

Put the remaining Coke in the closet and drink it after training. By then, the Coke will not be cold and it will not taste as comfortable.

But if I drink it all in one gulp while it’s still cold, I’m worried that I’ll have to pee urgently later.

After hesitating for a while, she finally drank all the remaining Coke in one breath.

Now I feel better.

Before the third broadcast sounded, she quickly ran out of the locker room and entered the insertion plug again to wait for the experiment to begin.

As soon as the plug was connected to Unit-01, she felt the urge to urinate.

In this situation, she didn't want to bother the venue staff because the connection had just been completed. She also didn't want Ikari Fumihiko to know that she had secretly drunk Coke without telling him, so she held back the urge to urinate while hoping that this time the startup would fail like before, so that she could go to the toilet without any burden.

Of course, the most important thing is that the urge to urinate is very weak now and I can control it with my willpower.

however……

Backfired.

After removing the backflow blocking device, activate the neural chain device again and the circuit can be activated normally.

Even the bidirectional pulse was activated smoothly.

And the urge to urinate became increasingly difficult to suppress.

Fugui! Help me——

The two-way pulse connection was successful without any problems. She felt Unit-01 and called for help immediately, not knowing what to do.

However this has no effect.

Not to mention that the synchronization rate of the initial connection between the two is only 49.65%, even the mysterious at position cannot be deployed. Even if it reaches 9999.99%... or even infinity, it is meaningless. As long as she is still a normal human being, she must abide by biological instincts. After all, no matter how magical the at position is, it can't turn into a diaper to save her at this moment.

Fortunately, Fumihiko Ikari had been observing Rei Ayanami's condition and noticed this abnormality.

Of course, it wasn't just him. Everyone else also noticed that the originally tense atmosphere became strange at this moment.